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Enabling mothers and children to survive, thrive, and transform
- World Health Organisation
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min read

Since 1990, the global mortality rate for children under five years of age has dropped by 53% – yet nearly 6 million children still die each year from largely preventable causes.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros delivered a video address to the 2017 Acting On The Call conference, reaffirming WHO's commitment to ensuring that every woman, child and adolescent can survive, thrive and transform.